Apple Becomes World's First Company To Hit $3 Trillion In Market Value
Apple on January 3, became the world's first $3 trillion company. It has boosted the investors' confidence that they will keep launching iPhone products and explore new markets such as automatic cars and virtual reality. Apple shares were up and hit an all-time high of USD 182.88, surpassing USD 182.01. "It's a fantastic accomplishment and certainly worthy to be celebrated," said Jake Dollarhide, CEO of Longbow Asset Management.
Tags: Apple, iphone, Silicon Valley, MacBooks, Market value
Courtesy: The Hindu
Bengaluru Ranked 8th In Leading Technology Innovation Hubs Globally
KMPG has ranked Bengaluru eighth in the world of the top ten cities list among leading technology innovation hubs besides, Silicon Valley, San Franciso. Most of the industry leaders believe that hub cities like Singapore, London and Tel Aviv will play a major role in building talent to join communities with a solid digital infrastructure. However, 22% believe hubs have become unimportant.
Tags: Bangalore, Technology, Global Rankings, Silicon Valley
Courtesy: The News Minute
COVID-19: Apple Inc To Vaccinate Its Employees At Its Offices
Apple Inc. on April 23 announced to begin an inoculation program to help its employees get vaccinated for COVID-19. For the voluntary vaccination program the tech-giant partnered with Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. to procure the required vaccines. Soon, Apple will also start a website for employees to book appointments to receive the vaccine. Notably, Apple is one of the first company in Silicon Valley to launch such a program.
Tags: Apple, Vaccination, Silicon Valley, SECOND WAVE
Courtesy: Times of India
Facebook Monetises All Forms of Video Contents And Stories
Facebook has monetised all forms of videos including its new story feature for the content creators. To avail these benefits, the creators must publish the content from their respective pages which has a minimum views of at least 600,000 minutes in the last 60 days. Besides, the Facebook will receive a portion of revenue generated from the sticker ads in the story section. Notably, the Facebook is eyeing to expand this feature under 'in-… read-more
Tags: Facebook, Silicon Valley, Mark Zuckerberg, Monetisation, Sticker ads
Courtesy: Business Insider
Chrome Unveils New Feature; Enables Preview Page Before Opening
Google Chrome has unveiled a new feature in the platform that allows users to preview a page before accessing it. Aimed at enhancing user experience, the novel feature enables the user to see the contents of a page by clicking on the given link without actually going to the page. Besides, this feature gets automatically added to the browser without Play Store's interference. Currently, the feature is available in Chrome 89.
Tags: Google Chrome, Technology, Preview feature, Silicon Valley, Android
Courtesy: MS Power User
7-Year-Old Odisha Boy Clears Programming Exams Conducted By Microsoft
In a rare achievement, 7-year-old Venkat Raman Patnaik from Odisha's Balangir district cleared five Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) examinations. Raman, a third grade student cleared the exams for programming in Java, Javascript, Python, HTML and CSS, after a year enrolled for WhiteHat Jr's Silicon Valley programme. He also outran 26 finalists of the program with his self-developed app 'Let's Reward Kids'. Moreover, the boy has also been… read-more
Tags: Odisha, Balangir, Microsoft, WhiteHat Jr, Silicon Valley
Courtesy: The Pioneer